Few, if any, categories of postsecondary educational institutions have escaped the impact of collective bargaining. On the one hand, bargained agreements may tend to set the pace in areas of salary and working conditions that must be met by any nonbargaining institution if they desire to be comparable or competitive. On the other hand,…

THE EFFECTS OF SEVERAL STYLES OF SUPERVISION UPON THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUALS WERE EXPLORED IN A LABORATORY SETTING IN WHICH SELECTED ASPECTS OF SUPERVISION WERE EXPERIMENTALLY MANIPULATED. PARALLELING THE WORK SITUATION, THE EXPERIMENTAL SETTING INVOLVED A CHOICE OF TWO ACTIVITIES, EACH OF WHICH WAS REINFORCED. THE ROLE OF SUPERVISION WAS TO…

This report draws on a series of conferences held to develop guides for labor-management cooperation at the plant level. These included six recent initiatives conferences held in cooperation with State University Institutes of Industrial Relations and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) and a seventh sponsored by the Commission…

The articles collected in this annual address several aspects of First Amendment Law. The following titles are included: "Freedom of Speech As an Academic Discipline" (Franklyn S. Haiman), "Free Speech and Foreign-Policy Decision Making" (Douglas N. Freeman), "The Supreme Court and the First Amendment: 1975-1976"…

Discusses the use of conflict management and organizational development techniques to develop collaborative decision-making in an organization. (Available from The Conference Board Record, Box 908 SDR P.O. Station, New York, NY 10022; $30.00 annually, $1.50 single copy.) (JG)

Management has not grappled much with workers' feelings that job enrichment may not often be a good bargain for them. (For availability see EA 507 168) (Author/MLF)

White-collar and professional employees are increasingly turning to unions to combat their loss of independence as employees of large organizations. Managers should realize that they and professional employees have different viewpoints about job situations and that the current trend toward white-collar unionism is apt to continue. (JG)

Reviews public employers' obligations to arbitrate grievances during periods of contract hiatus. (PKP)

An attendance control policy based on the Katz and Kahn (1966) motivational pattern of legal compliance was implemented in one department of a large manufacturing organization with two comparable departments serving as controls. Results supported the effectiveness of the attendance control policy among chronically absent workers, but not with…

Describes a national survey that tested the attitudes of Harvard Business Review readers toward older employees and concludes that respondents did discriminate against older employees in ways that reveal their stereotyped views of the capabilities and limitations of older employees. (JG)

Provides a brief history of public employee organizations and examines major methods used by such groups to establish their legitimacy. Focuses on the way this legitimacy impacts organizational authority structures. (Author)

The problem of subjective management appraisal systems is examined with regard to existing legislation and court decisions. Considered are the vagueness of standards, pitfalls of so-called objectivity evaluations, inconsistency among appraisers, and the need to apply merit plans uniformly without discrimination. (LBH)

The preparation of an AAUP-Temple University contract is described and compared with the negotiation for an earlier contract. Efforts of the negotiating teams and the amount of time involved are discussed. (LBH)

Six phases of employee relations are discussed: hiring, training, paying, keeping, motivating, and discharging. Specific guidelines are offered along with a list of health and safety precautions. (LBH)

Compares previous findings regarding dimensions of organizational communication effectiveness with the results of interviews with 48 northwest corporate administrators. Lists six major dimensions of effectiveness: (1) coaching and motivating employees, (2) encouraging worker involvement and participation, (3) self-motivation, (4) problem-solving…